Hosea 10:7

Hosea 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
• New International Version (NIV)Samaria’s king will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.

Context of Hosea 10:7

5The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has left it. 6The thing itself will be brought to Assyria As a gift of tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own plan. Samaria will be destroyed with her king, Like a twig on the surface of the water. 8Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars; Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!” 9Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel; There they stand! Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?

Hosea 10:7 word by word

נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מַלְכָּ֑הּ כְּקֶ֖צֶף עַל־פְּנֵי־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• destroyedדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• her kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Like a twigקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · splinterH7110
• on the surfaceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• of the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Hosea 10:7

• 1 Kings 21:1Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
• Hosea 10:3Certainly now they will say, “We have no king, For we do not revere the Lord. As for the king, what can he do for us?”
• 2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death, and he became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had then brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria arrested him and confined him in prison.
• Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, churning up their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Her king is cut off as the foam - As lightly as a puff of wind blows off the foam that is formed below by a fall of water, so shall the kings of Israel be cut off. We have already seen that not less than four of them died by assassination in a very short time. See on Hosea 7:7; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Her king is cut off like foam - (Or, more probably, “a straw) on the” (literally, “face of the) water.” A bubble, or one of those little shreds which float in countless numbers on the surface of the water, give the same image of lightness, emptiness, worthlessness, a thing too light to sink, but driven impetuously, and unresistingly, here and there, at the impulse of the torrent which hurries it along. Such was the king, whom Israel had set in the highest…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Ho 10:3, 15). foam--denoting short-lived existence and speedy dissolution. As the foam, though seeming to be eminent raised on the top of the water, yet has no solidity, such is the throne of Samaria. Maurer translates, "a chip" or broken branch that cannot resist the current.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:7

• Hoshea
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Ashamed
• Foam
• Hoshea
• Plow
• Reap
• Altar
• Captivity
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings